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I'm working on a side project for my cortina where I am putting modern gauge mechanicals into the current gauge bodies and making a new face to match the originals. The gauge face is 3D printed and has been sanded and smoothed. I have painted it satin black like the original.
I'm at a point where I need to paint the numbers and the redline etc and was thinking about using model paint and a fine brush, my experience with this is from many years ago using humbrol enamel on various airfix models but wanted some advice on where to find a fine brush and if enamel is the right way to go?
I'm at a point where I need to paint the numbers and the redline etc and was thinking about using model paint and a fine brush, my experience with this is from many years ago using humbrol enamel on various airfix models but wanted some advice on where to find a fine brush and if enamel is the right way to go?
Art shops, Warhammer shops and pretty much any model shop online will have fine brushes. I wouldn't though. I would try to find someone with an Alps printer that can print white on decals. Modelling forums are likely to have people with those.
If you are determined though, I would design it on a PC, print it off 1:1 scale on paper and perhaps trace it on, or pinprick through tiny holes around the letters. Draw on the character outline with a soft pencil and outline/fill with water based acrylic paint (not Tamiya, that is alcohol based). Water-based acrylic is far more forgiving than enamels, but you may have to do several layers.
If you are determined though, I would design it on a PC, print it off 1:1 scale on paper and perhaps trace it on, or pinprick through tiny holes around the letters. Draw on the character outline with a soft pencil and outline/fill with water based acrylic paint (not Tamiya, that is alcohol based). Water-based acrylic is far more forgiving than enamels, but you may have to do several layers.
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